A jar contains nine blue marbles, eight yellow marbles, 11 black marbles, and 12 red marbles.

Without looking, what is the probability of pulling a yellow marble from the jar?

1/5
8/40
3/10
9/40

Question

A jar contains nine blue marbles, eight yellow marbles, 11 black marbles, and 12 red marbles.

Without looking, what is the probability of pulling a yellow marble from the jar?

1/5
8/40
3/10
9/40

anonymous · Answer

8/40

anonymous · Answer

8 yellow marbles 40 total marbles

marissalovescats · Answer

Well there are 9 blue marbles, 8 yellow, 11 black, and 12 red. So 9+8+11+12=40 so there are 40 total marbles. And the probability is pulling 8 yellow marbles out of 40 because there are 8. Which simplifies to 1/5

anonymous · Answer

yup if supposed to simplify 8/40 = 1/5